Heel seat fitting machine



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a Llo yd Maur- Patented May 26, g 1953 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE HEEL SEAT FITTING MACHINE Frank A. Eich, deceased, late of Melrose, Mass., by Elizabeth A. Eich, administratrix, Melrose, Mass., and Lloyd G. Miller, Beverly, Mass., assignors to United Shoe Machinery Corporation, Flemington, N. J a corporationof New Jersey Application March 7, 1949, Serial N 0. 80,054

(Cl. l231.5)

27 Claims; 1

This invention relates to heel seat fitting machines for use in the manufacture of shoes and consists in the novel features hereinafter described, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, which illustrate one embodiment of the invention selected for purposes of illustration, said invention being fully disclosed in the following description and claims.

In the accompanying drawings,

Fig. 1 is a front view of the illustrative heel seat fitting machine;

; Fig. 2 is a, plan view, partly broken away, of the machine;

Fig. 3 is a front view of the upper portion of the machine on an enlarged scale;

Fig. 4 is a plan view on line IV--IV of Fig. 1; I

Fig. 5 is a vertical section on line V-V of Fig. 2;

Fig. 6 is a plan view on line VIVI of Fig. 3 showing tab and shoulder forming knives adjusted for operation upon Cuban work;

Fig. 7 is a section on line VII-VII of Fig. 6;

Fig. 8 shows in plan mechanism for positioning shoes in the illustrative machine;

Fig. 9 is a section on line IX-IX of Fig. 8;

Fig. 10 is a section on line X- -X of Fig. 2 showing portions of a heel measuring gage set for Cuban work;

Figs. 11 and 12 are sections on lines XI-XI and XIIXII of Fig. 10;

Fig. 13 is an angular view showing in detail a platen of the machine;

Fig. 14 is an exploded view showing in perspective mechanism for deforming a heel seat portion of an attached outsole of a shoe;

Fig. 15 is a sectional view showing in detail mechanism for securing side crease plates of the platen to blocks which carry said plates;

Fig. 16 is a view illustrating in plan the positions of the platen as well as presser members and bulgers of the machine with relation to the heel seat portion of the attached outsole of the shoe, preparatory to trimming said outsole for the reception of a, Louis heel;

Fig. 1'7 is a section on line XVII--XVII of Fig. 16 as tab forming knives are about to operate upon a distorted heel seat portion of the outsole of the shoe;

Figs. 18, 19, 20 and 21 are vertical sections on lines XVIII--XVIII, XIX--XIX, XXXX, XXI-XXI respectively of Fig. 14 showing details of construction of the presser members and the bulgers; t

Fig. 22 is a view on line XXII-XXII of Fig. 2;

Fig. 23 is an angular viewshowing on an en- 2 larged scale cutting portions of tab and shoulder forming knives of the machine;

Fig. 24 is a view on line XXIV-XXIV of Fig. 1 showing on an enlarged scale mechanism for varying throws of knife actuating means to adapt the machine for operation upon Louis or Cuban work;

Fig. 25 is a section on line XXVXXV of Fig. 4; i 1

Fig. 26 shows in perspective, partly broken away, portions of mechanism for operating the tab and shoulder forming knives;

Fig. 27 is a section on line XXVII'-XXVII of Fig. 6;

Fig. 28 is a section on line XXVIIIXXVIII of Fig. 2;

Fig. 29 is a section on line XXIX-XXIX of Fig. 2 showing a lock for securing in two diiTerent angularly adjusted positions upon a carrier block, a. platform upon which a carrier for one of the shoulder forming knives is mounted;

Fig. 30 is a diagrammatic view for use in describing the operation of mechanism for initially adjusting the machine for Louis or Cuban work;

Fig. 31 is a section on line XXXI-XXXI of Fig. 5 showing portions of mechanism for operating the side crease plates of the machine;

Fig. 32 is a section on line XXXIL-XXXII of Fig. 4 showing braking mechanism for stopping power operated portions of the machine at the end of their operating cycle;

Fig. 33 shows in perspective the heel end of a shoe which is mounted upon a last and is ready to have its heel seat fitted for the reception of a Cuban or a Louis heel; and

Figs. 34 and 35 show in perspective the rear ends of the shoe shown in Fig. 33 fitted for the reception of Louis and Cuban heels respectively.

The illustrative machine is adapted to reduce the heel seat portions of attached outsoles 42 of shoes 44 to form heel seat tabs 46, 46A and simultaneously therewith to form heel breast receiving shoulders 48, 48A, thereby fitting the shoes for the reception of Louis and Cuban wood heels 50, 50A. In order effectively to trim the outsoles 42 for the reception of the heels 50, 50A it is desirable that the tabs 46, 46A shall be approximately complemental to the attaching faces of the heels 50, 50A and that when such heels are positioned upon the shoes 44 with the I rims of their attaching faces in substantial enthe heel breast receiving shoulders 48, 48A. In order to insure that the rear lateral portions 62 of the shank of the outsole 42 of the shoe 44 shall be held in engagement with the shoe upper against the common tendency to sag away from said upper, it is desirable to form at the forward lateral portions of the tabs 46, 48A fillets 64, 64A upon which the forward lateral corners of the attaching face of the heel rest. The fillets 64, 84A are continuous with the bevel faces 68, 66A of the tabs 46, 46A and decrease in thickness as they extend toward the edges of the outsoles and away from the heel breast receiving shoulders 48, 48A, the construction and arrangement of the fillets being such that in the finished shoes 44 they are not visible and hold the rear lateral portion 62, 62A of the shanks of the outsoles 42 against sagging.

The machine in some respects, for example, with reference to an outsole supporting platen and outsole clamping and bulging mechanism hereinafter described, is similar to corresponding parts and mechanism disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,215,524, granted September 24, 1940, on an application filed in the name of George Hazelton, and in other respects, mainly heel gaging and shoe positioning means, the machine is similar to corresponding means disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 1,190,371, granted November 13, 1934, on an application filed in the name of Earl A. Bessom.

The illustrative machine is provided with a ,work support 88 (Figs. 1 and 2) which will be hereinafter described and comprises a slidable pedestal 10 having -a pin 12 constructed and arranged for reception in a thimble hole 14 of a last 16 upon which the shoe 44 is mounted. The work support is used by some operators. However, as in various prior heel seat fitting machines in which work supports are optional, the operators usually prefer to use the machines without the work supports, the Work being presented by hand to the machines.

The machine comprises a platen 18 (Figs. 6, 13 and 16) consisting of a pair of side crease or matrix plates 80 and a back or rear crease or matrix plate 82, the side crease plates being slidable transversely of the machine into different operative positions toward and away from one another and toward and away from a central heightwise plane 84 of the machine and the platen. The rear crease plate 82 is mounted for movement forward and rearward of the machine into different adjusted positions upon surfaces 86 (Fig. 13) of the side crease plates 80 and is adjustably secured to a carrier 88 upon which is mounted a centralizing fork 80 and a back gage 82 (Fig. 9) of the machine. The heel seat portion 40 of the attached outsole 42 of the shoe 44 positioned in the machine overlies the platen I8, edges 84, 86 of the side and rear crease plates 80, 82 respectively forming an opening 88 which will be described as U-shaped and has laterally flaring forward ends. The heel seat portion 40 of the attached outsole 42 of the shoe 44 is positioned over the platen 18 as the shoe is presented bottom up and heel end away from the operator with the rear counter portion of the shoe in engagement with the centralizing fork 90. Rearward pressure applied to the shoe thus positioned first causes the centralizing fork 90 to yield against the action of springs I and the rear end of the counter portion of the shoe to engage the back gage 82 which is thereafter moved rearward together with the centralizing fork against the action of said springs I00 until an arrester I02 hereinafter described in detail and mounted upon the carrier 88 has its movement limited by a spiral abutment or stop I04 (Fig. 8) initially set in accordance with the length of the measured heel 50 or 50A in a heel measuring gage I08 (Figs. 1 and 10).

The side crease plates are initially so adjusted by mechanism hereinafter described that as the shoe 44 is moved rearward against the centralizing fork and the back gage 82 the edges 84 of the side crease plates enter the rand crease of the shoe and if necessary break any cement bond between the lateral margins of heel seat portion 40 of the outsole 42 and the overlasted counter portion of the shoe. Shoes operated upon by the illustrative machine commonly have their outsoles 42 unattached from the shoe uppers rearward of heel breast lines I08, I08A of the outsoles but in some shoes the heel seat portions 40 of the outsoles 42 are attached at their central parts to the shoe uppers by staples (not shown) and in cement work the heel seat portions of outsoles of shoes are often partially attached to the overlasted counter portions of the shoes by cement.

In the use of the present machine as in the machines disclosed in said Letters Patent Nos. 1,980,371 and 2,215,524, the heel seat portion 40 out the outsole 42 of the shoe 44 is deformed preparatory to trimming said heel seat portion and accordingly it is desirable that the heel seat portion of the outsole except at its central part shall be unattached from the shoe upper. When the heel seat portions 40 of outsoles 42 of the shoes 44 are extremely thick it is desirable that the beveled faces 66, 66A at opposite sides of the tabs 46, 46A shall practically meet each other at the median portion of the tab and with such a construction it is not practicable in the present machine to operate upon shoes the central parts of the heel seat portion of the outsoles of which have been stapled to the shoe uppers.

After the shoe 44 has been positioned in the machine as above described the side crease plates 80 are moved inward toward one another upon depression of a treadle H0, to positions determined by mechanism including a stop or stop cam H2 (Fig. 2) which is set in accordance with the width of the heel 50 or 50A in the heel measuring gage I06. When the inward limits of movement of the side crease plates 80 have been reached continued depression of the treadle I I0 (Fig. 1) through mechanism hereinafter described causes downward movement of a hollow plunger II4 (Fig. 5) to force presser members H5, SA, 53 and 50 against the margin of the heel seat portion 40 of the outsole 42 to clamp said margin against portions of the platen- I8 bordering the U-shaped opening 88 and thereafter to cause bulgers IIBA, SE to force the central part of said heel seat portion through the U-shaped opening to the position illustrated in Fig. 17.

When the heel seat portion 40 of the outsole 42 of the shoe 44 has been clamped and deformed as above described the treadle H0 is further depressed to trip a one-revolution clutch II8 (Fig. 4) thereby moving, through mechanism hereinafter described, associated pairs of tab and shoulder forming knives I20 and I22, respectively (Fig. 3), toward each other to trim a horseshoe shaped chip from the outsole and to form the heel seat tab 46 or 46A and the heel breast receiving shoulders 48 or 48A. It will be noted aeaaees that in fittingxthe shoe for the reception of the Louis heel 50 cutting edges I24 of the tab forming knives I20 and the lower ends of cutting edges I 26 of the shoulder forming knives I22 move-in rectilinear paths I28 (Figs. 16 and 17), I30 toward and away from each other and that when the shoe is being fitted forthe reception of the Cuban heel 50A the cutting edges I24 of the tab forming knives I20 and the lower ends .of the cutting edges I26 of the shoulder forming knives I22 move in circular paths I32, I34 (Fig. 6 which may be varied slightly as will hereinafter be explained. As the tab and shoulder forming knives I20, I22 move to their retracted rest positions away from one another the operator removes his foot from the treadle IIO to enable the bulgers I I6A, I I63 and the presser members II5, SA, 513 and IIC to be raised by spring action and. thereafter the side crease plates 80 to move away from each other to their laterally retracted positions, the shoe at such time being removed from the machine.

The side crease plates 80 (Figs. 13 and 17) are provided with upstanding dovetail portions I36 fitting in dovetail recesses I38 of blocks I40 (Figs. 3 and 14) movable laterally towardand away from each other on a dovetail guide portion I42 (Figs. 3 and 5) of an adjustable multipart head I44 a foot portion of which is provided with slots I46 (Figs. 2 and 6) and which, except while making certain adjustments hereinafter described, is secured to a table top I48 of a main frame I50 of the machine by screws I52 which pass through said slots and are threaded into the table top. As will be explained later, in changing over from Louis to Cuban work or vice versa or in operating upon Cuban work of a wide run of sizes it is desirable to shift the head I44 slightly forward or rearward in order to adjust the platen 18 with relation to the paths of movement I30 (Fig. 16), I34 (Fig. 6) of the lower ends of the cutting edges I26 of the shoulder forming knives I22 and for this reason the head is adjusted upon the table top I48 as above explained.

Each of the blocks I40 is provided with four grooves I54 (Figs. 14 and 1'5) for receiving carrier slides I56, I56A, I56B and I58C which are constantly urged to their raised positions in the grooves by springs I58. The springs I58 have their lower ends housed in recesses I60 of the associated blocks and their upper ends in engagement with lugs I62 secured to the associated carrier slides, screws I64 threaded into the lugs serving to retain the springs in their operating positions.

The lower ends of the front and rear presser members H5, 50 have outsole engaging faces I66, I660. They also have shanks I68, I68C (Figs. 18 and 21) slidingly fitting in bores I10, IC of the respective carrier slides I56, I56C, the enlarged heads of the shanks normally being forced against the lower ends of enlarged portions of said bores by springs I12, I12C held in said bores by nuts I14, I14C threaded into the carrier slides. The bulgers I I6A, I I613 are formed integral with the carrier slides I56A, I56B which have formed in them bores I16A, I16B for slidingly receiving the presser members II5A, HEB. The presser members II5A, II5B are constantly urged downward by springs I12A, I12B which are housed in enlarged portions of said bores and have their upper and lower ends in engagement with the presser members and with nuts I14A, I14B threaded into the carrier slides. Downward movement of the presser members I I5A, 1 I53 is limited by the engagement of heads of the presser members with shoulders I18A (Fig. 19) "83 of the carrier slides I56A, I563. The presser members II5, II5A, H53 and 50 may collectively be referred to as a clamp or as clamping units and the bulgers II6A, II6B may be collectively referred to as a bulger.

Movement of the blocks I40 and accordingly the side crease plates toward each other is limited by the engagement of abutments I80 (Figs. 2 and 5), which are operatively connected to the blocks, with spiral faces I82 of the cam II2 which is secured to a shaft I84 rotatable in a boss of the head I44. The cam H2 is set by mechanism hereinafter described in different angularly adjusted positions in accordance with the positions of rolls or abutments I86 (Figs. 2 and 10) which are associated with the heel measuring gage I06 and are mounted on bell crank levers I88 pivoted upon fulcrum studs I90 secured to the head I44. In order to constrain the bell crank levers I88 for equal angular movement in opposite directions, one of the bell crank levers has secured to it a depending pin I92 which fits in an elongated slot I94 formed in the other bell crank lever. One of the bell crank levers I88 has formed integral with it an adjustable rearwardly extending arm I96 operatively connected by an adjustable link I98 (Fig. 2) to a rack 200 (Figs. 2 and 5) slidable in a guideway 202 of the head I44. The rack 200 meshes with a gear 204 which is secured by a screw 206 (Fig'. 5) to the shaft I84 andthrough which the stop cam H2 is supported for rotation in the head I44.

The heel to be attached to the shoe which is to have its heel seat fitted is inserted attaching face down upon a flat upper surface 208 (Fig. 10) of a support 2I0 of the heel measuring gage I06 by forcing the rear end of the rim of the attaching face of the heel against a spring actuated slidable abutment 2I2 and simultaneously therewith pushing the rollers I86 apart. When there is sufi'icient space to set the heel, attaching face down, upon the surface 208 of the support 2I0, the heel is released and the spring actuated abutment 2I2 forces (in operating upon Louis work) the breast of the heel against a bar 2I4 (Fig. 2) or (in operating upon Cuban work) forces the breast of the heel against a plate 2I6 which, after the bar has been swung away from the plate, is turned from its position shown in Fig. 2 to an operative position (Fig. 10) in which a convex surface 2I8 thereof is engaged by the breast of the heel. The support 2I0 is secured to the head I44 by screws 220 (Fig. 12). The heel measuring gage I06 with the exception of mechanism for measuring the attaching face of the heel widthwise is substantially identical with the gage disclosed in United States Letters Patent No. 2,277,076, granted March 24, 1942, on an application filed in the name of William S. Dallas. The rolls I86 are constantly urged toward each other by a spring 222 (Fig. 2) one end of which is attached to the rearwardly extending arm I96 and the other end of which is secured to the head I44. Inward movement of the rolls when there is no heel in the gage is limited by the engagement of one of two shoulders 224 of the stop cam I I2 with an associated abutment I80.

As above explained, the side crease plates 80 have the dovetail projections I36 which fit in the grooves I38 formed in the lower faces of the blocks I40, said crease plates being held in the grooves by pins 226 (Fig. 15) which are 

